Lifeboat Associates: Revision history

30 October 2024

• curprev 07:2507:25, 30 October 2024 DigitalIceAge talk contribs m 7,156 bytes +13 No edit summary undo

17 March 2023

• curprev 07:5507:55, 17 March 2023 Citation bot talk contribs 7,143 bytes −192 Alter: url. URLs might have been anonymized. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by AManWithNoPlan | #UCB_CommandLine undo

6 February 2023

• curprev 21:1721:17, 6 February 2023 Onel5969 talk contribs m 7,335 bytes −2 →Overview: clean up, typo(s) fixed: ’s → 's undo Tag: AWB

30 July 2022

• curprev 23:5723:57, 30 July 2022 Ffffrr talk contribs 7,337 bytes +89 Importing Wikidata short description: "Software distributor and magazine publisher in the 1970s and 1980s" undo Tag: Shortdesc helper

30 November 2020

• curprev 23:5223:52, 30 November 2020 Ghettoblaster talk contribs m 7,248 bytes +66 No edit summary undo
• curprev 22:3822:38, 30 November 2020 Ghettoblaster talk contribs m 7,182 bytes +15 No edit summary undo
• curprev 22:3122:31, 30 November 2020 Ghettoblaster talk contribs m 7,167 bytes +531 No edit summary undo

3 June 2020

• curprev 15:1715:17, 3 June 2020 93.224.104.98 talk 6,636 bytes +372 +=infobox undo

2 June 2020

• curprev 03:1803:18, 2 June 2020 Senator2029 talk contribs 6,264 bytes +103 +Category:Companies established in the 1970s; +Category:1970s establishments in the United States undo

26 January 2020

• curprev 02:0102:01, 26 January 2020 Guy Harris talk contribs 6,161 bytes −82 →See also: SB-80 just comes back here, and SB-86 goes to MS-DOS, which doesn't mention SB-86 anywhere. undo

3 September 2017

• curprev 01:4201:42, 3 September 2017 KolbertBot talk contribs m 6,243 bytes +3 Bot: HTTP→HTTPS undo

12 November 2016

• curprev 13:5713:57, 12 November 2016 Klbrain talk contribs 6,240 bytes +35 Closing stale merge discussion and checked for missing material here; ensuring linking with Lifeboat Distribution; as per final recommendation and WP:SILENCE at Talk:Lifeboat Distribution undo

23 October 2016

• curprev 18:1018:10, 23 October 2016 Toddkatz talk contribs 6,205 bytes +13 Lifeboat Associates had multi-national affiliates that used its name but these were hardly if ever branches of the company. undo

12 October 2016

• curprev 04:4004:40, 12 October 2016 Bender the Bot talk contribs m 6,192 bytes +9 →top: http→https for Google Books and Google News using AWB undo

7 January 2014

• curprev 09:4309:43, 7 January 2014 BattyBot talk contribs m 6,183 bytes −24 fixed CS1 errors: dates & General fixes using AWB (9832) undo

21 October 2013

• curprev 11:5211:52, 21 October 2013 Tommy Pinball talk contribs 6,207 bytes +4 link undo
• curprev 10:2410:24, 21 October 2013 Ylee talk contribs 6,203 bytes +361 PC Magazine quote undo

11 September 2013

• curprev 00:1100:11, 11 September 2013 Yobot talk contribs m 5,842 bytes −2 WP:CHECKWIKI error fixes using AWB (9475) undo

23 August 2013

• curprev 16:1116:11, 23 August 2013 Bonaci38087 talk contribs m 5,844 bytes 0 edited "Lifeboat Distrubution, Inc." wiki link to point to Lifeboat Distribution undo

22 August 2013

• curprev 02:5102:51, 22 August 2013 Bonaci38087 talk contribs m 5,844 bytes +276 In 1995 Voyager created two subsidiaries -- Programmer's Paradise Catalogs and Lifeboat Distribution undo

21 August 2013

• curprev 16:4716:47, 21 August 2013 Matthiaspaul talk contribs 5,568 bytes +21 →See also: +Software Bus undo
• curprev 16:1916:19, 21 August 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 5,547 bytes −115 this article cannot be deleted because its edit history must remain for attribution. Content was copied to Lifeboat Distribution undo
• curprev 15:3315:33, 21 August 2013 Baxterbolton talk contribs 5,662 bytes +4 No edit summary undo
• curprev 15:3315:33, 21 August 2013 Baxterbolton talk contribs 5,658 bytes +164 No edit summary undo
• curprev 13:1613:16, 21 August 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 5,494 bytes +4 magazine name in italics undo

20 August 2013

• curprev 20:3920:39, 20 August 2013 Matthiaspaul talk contribs 5,490 bytes +94 +See also SB-80, SB-86 undo

28 July 2013

• curprev 11:2111:21, 28 July 2013 Mack2 talk contribs m 5,396 bytes +2 →References: condense references -- 2 columns undo

8 May 2013

• curprev 10:1510:15, 8 May 2013 Yobot talk contribs m 5,394 bytes −22 WP:CHECKWIKI error fixes, removed stub tag using AWB (9120) undo

21 April 2013

• curprev 05:1105:11, 21 April 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 5,416 bytes +8 no confidence in founding date, acquirer's SEC filings (1976) conflict with founder's account in InfoWorld (1977) and "history provided by a former top executive of the firm" undo
• curprev 04:4804:48, 21 April 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 5,408 bytes +110 External link to Official website of Wayside Technology undo
• curprev 04:0104:01, 21 April 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 5,298 bytes +1,069 added corporate history of the Lifeboat brand, after the founders sold the company undo
• curprev 01:3901:39, 21 April 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 4,229 bytes +23 disambiguate Altos → Altos undo
• curprev 01:0501:05, 21 April 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 4,206 bytes +173 another reference for The Boss, a $2495 package for CP/M users undo
• curprev 00:4500:45, 21 April 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 4,033 bytes +324 in August 1983, the company was the largest publisher of microcomputer software in the world undo
• curprev 00:2200:22, 21 April 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 3,709 bytes +4 link Peter Roizen undo
• curprev 00:1900:19, 21 April 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 3,705 bytes +4 link T/Maker undo
• curprev 00:0700:07, 21 April 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 3,701 bytes +203 reference: ad in InfoWorld soliciting software authors undo

20 April 2013

• curprev 23:5023:50, 20 April 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 3,498 bytes −81 link is redundant to the preceding linked reference undo
• curprev 23:3423:34, 20 April 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 3,579 bytes +213 reference for The Boss - company ad in InfoWorld undo
• curprev 23:1223:12, 20 April 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 3,366 bytes +242 ref for T/MAKER, which went a step beyond the similar VisiCalc program by offering text-processing capability. undo
• curprev 22:5522:55, 20 April 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 3,124 bytes +388 the New York City company was one of the largest microcomputer software distributors in the late 1970s and early 1980s. By mid-1981 the company had offices in England, Switzerland, France, Germany, Japan and Oakland, California. undo
• curprev 20:3620:36, 20 April 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 2,736 bytes +326 Lifeboat Associates successfully combined many roles, including publisher and distributor, and actively solicited authors for software products that met its standards. undo
• curprev 16:0416:04, 20 April 2013 Wbm1058 talk contribs 2,410 bytes +247 Lifeboat was founded in 1977 by Larry Alkoff and Tony Gold. undo

25 February 2013

• curprev 04:0404:04, 25 February 2013 75.54.87.33 talk 2,163 bytes +46 No edit summary undo

24 October 2012

• curprev 23:3923:39, 24 October 2012 Edward321 talk contribs 2,117 bytes −1,611 rv adcopy undo
• curprev 00:1300:13, 24 October 2012 Staceydfla talk contribs m 3,728 bytes +6 No edit summary undo
• curprev 00:1100:11, 24 October 2012 Staceydfla talk contribs 3,722 bytes +1,605 Added history provided by a former top executive of the firm undo

20 September 2012

• curprev 16:5316:53, 20 September 2012 Mogism talk contribs m 2,117 bytes +1 Typo fixing and cleanup, typos fixed: a independent → an independent using AWB (8323) undo

5 September 2012

• curprev 15:5415:54, 5 September 2012 Matthiaspaul talk contribs 2,116 bytes 0 →See also: Fixed capitalization undo
• curprev 15:5015:50, 5 September 2012 Matthiaspaul talk contribs 2,116 bytes +86 Added See also link to Lifeboat distribution undo